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Abbotsdale

Coordinates: 33°29′13″S 18°40′33″E / 33.48694°S 18.67583°E / -33.48694; 18.67583
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Abbotsdale
Abbotsdale is located in Western Cape
Abbotsdale
Abbotsdale
Abbotsdale is located in South Africa
Abbotsdale
Abbotsdale
Coordinates: 33°29′13″S 18°40′33″E / 33.48694°S 18.67583°E / -33.48694; 18.67583
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
DistrictWest Coast
MunicipalitySwartland
Area
 • Total8.70 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total3,762
 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African4.2%
 • Coloured95.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.2%
 • Other0.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans92.8%
 • English3.1%
 • Xhosa2.7%
 • Other1.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
7300

Abbotsdale is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality Swartland Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Here in around 1854 the Abbotsdale Mission was founded [2] on a 1600 acre farm purchased by Bishop Gray of the Anglican Church.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Abbotsdale". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Wood, Michael Henry Mansel (1913). A father in God : the episcopate of William West Jones. archive.org: London Macmillan. pp. 125.
  3. ^ Pascoe, Charles Frederick (1901). Two hundred years of the S.P.G.: an historical account of the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, 1701-1900. Archive.org. pp. 291.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)